Improvement in attachments for traces



P. SCHMITZ.

Attachment for Traces.

N0, 124,451, Patentedmar'h1-2,1s?2

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N ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER J. SCHMITZ, OF YVINONA, MINNESOTA.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,451, dated March12, 187:2.

SPECIFICATION.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER J. SCHMITZ, of Vinona, in the county of Winonaand in the State of Minnesota, have invented an Improved TraceAttachment or Coupling for Harness 5 and do hereby declare that thefollowing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawinghereinafter referred to, forms afull and exact specification of thesame, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles of my saidimprovement, by which my inven tion may be distinguished from others ofa sinnilar class, together with such parts as I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent.

My invention relates to that portion of the harness or equipments of adraft-horse commonly known as the trace or tug; and the nature thereofconsists in certain modifications in the details of the constructionofthe same, hereinafter described.

In the accompanying plate of drawing, which illustrates my invention andforms a part of the specification thereof, Figure l is a view of theouter side of the tug. Fig. 2 illustrates a portion of the metalliclining, and Fig. 3 the inner part.

The construction, operation, and relative arrangement of the componentparts of my invention are as follows:

In the said drawing, A and B designate, respectively, parts of the tug,which are connected together by a buckle and loop in the ordinarymanner. The part B of the tug is provided with a metallic lining, C, ofspring steel. A buckle-hole, D, is cut through the said metallic liningand provided with a raised plate, E, of softer metal, bolted t0 the saidlining for the purpose of preventing the buckletongue from being cut.That part of the tug A which is attached to the haine is provided withthe metallic eye F, bolted and riveted to the vspring-steel lining andleather covering Gr.

Traces or hame-tu gs of this construction possess marked advantages overthose heretofore in use, in that no heavy stitching is required in theirconstruction. They last much lon ger and cost less. They do not rip ortear at the bucklehole, and maybe compactly constructed.

Having described the construction of my invention, I will state what Iclaim, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, in the followingclause-that is to say- I claim, as a new article of manufacture, a traceor hame-tug provided with a soft or hard metallic lining, when the holesfor the insertion of the buckle are provided with a plate of softermetal secured thereto, as and for the purposes described.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoingIhave hereunto set my hand andseal this 4th day of September, 1871.

PETER J. SCHMITZ. [L s] Witnesses:

JACOB STORY, H. E. CURTIS.

